Getting in shape tops the list of most New Year’s Resolutions. But anyone who enters a packed gym in early January knows the crowds will surely thin by the end of February.
Dr. Joel Ingersoll, a clinical psychologist and a certified personal trainer, knows the psychology of keeping fitness resolutions – and the secrets of success in 2012.
“New Year's connotes a fresh start, and it's great that people want to start the year off with a desire to be more fit and healthy,” said Dr. Ingersoll, Director of the Center for Psychological Health & Fitness. “But we know that 60 percent of gym memberships go unused. As both a psychologist and a personal trainer I see many people making the same mistakes and setting themselves up for challenges in the New Year.”
Dr. Ingersoll is one of just a handful of clinical psychologists in the nation who also are certified as personal trainers. He provides psychotherapy to patients and will add on 15, 30 or 45 minute sessions of personal training to the psychology session. Dr Ingersoll believes that physical fitness can improve mood, reduce stress, depression, anxiety and lead to better mental health.
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